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1: Service to the Hunt Regional Healthcare Foundation Board HUNT COUNTY, TEXAS 2006-2012

3: The leadership, vision and perseverance of W.D. Hilton, Jr. — “Dee” to his fellow Trustees on the Hunt Regional Healthcare Foundation Board — has resulted in the Foundation becoming an effective voice for positive change in regional healthcare quality. And through important philanthropic support, it has helped Hunt Regional Healthcare move the pendulum of patient care from good to great. | Introduction

4: The progress we have made and the success we have achieved over the last six years is largely a result of your dedication and leadership. – Jack Gray | DEDICATION

5: You have been the leader we needed to move the Foundation forward. We are fortunate that you spent so many hours of your valuable time in that capacity. Thank you, Dee! – Ron Wensel | FORWARD MOTION

6: Thank you, Dee, for your support and leadership. Your expertise will be missed tremendously. - Carolyn Helsel | SUPPORT

7: Thank you for your years of leadership and unselfish service to the Hospital Foundation. - Mike Adkisson, MD | SELFLESSNESS

8: LEADERSHIP | You have been a champion in both word and deed in your leadership of the Foundation. We would not have come as far without your guidance and enthusiasm. May your future efforts in whatever you pursue have as great an influence as the direction you have provided this organization. With great admiration ... – Peggy Cole

10: You have done a wonderful job. Getting the Foundation started and molding the group into a mature operating unit has been quite an accomplishment. Enough cannot be said for your effort. – John Reynolds | ACCOMPLISHMENT

11: Words cannot express the gratitude you deserve for your faithfulness and dedication while serving as Chair of the Hunt Regional Foundation Board. You have set the example and have guided the Board to where we are today, and as a result of your leadership, great things have been accomplished. Thank you for giving of yourself to this very worthy organization. – Julia Wensel | FAITHFULNESS

12: Thank you for your dedicated leadership of the Foundation. Your vision for the growth of the Foundation will inspire us as a Board to expand the influence and effectiveness of the Foundation. Lives have been and will continue to be impacted for the good as a result of the ambitious path you have charted for the Foundation. – Larry Green, Jr. | VISION

13: I am so thankful to have been able to learn from your leadership. - Roz Lane

14: APPRECIATION | I have enjoyed working with you and have appreciated your leadership through all the years. You have given a clear vision and set the direction for a successful future. Thank you for everything. – Rich Carter

15: ADVANCEMENT | You have done an outstanding job leading the Foundation Board the last six years. It has been a pleasure serving on the Board with you. All of Hunt County owes you a debt of gratitude for your service in helping to make our hospital an outstanding hospital. – Peggie Darby

17: When you need something done, and done well, both you and Mary Jean are the go-to people. Your gung-ho attitude is backed up by know-how. You are both enjoyable people to work with. - Barbi Weaver | ENTHUSIASM

18: Thank you for all the effort you have put forth to make the Hunt Regional Healthcare Foundation a viable and functioning part of our healthcare in Hunt County. Your leadership will be greatly missed. My best to you in your future endeavors. – Hubert Lytle | EFFORT

20: I have been fortunate to have been your friend for literally our entire lives. I have enjoyed knowing you from our early childhood in Sunday School at FBC, our years growing up in the Greenville ISD, our common experience as successor owners of family businesses, our service together in the Texas Army National Guard, and our mutual service to our community through the school district, hospital foundation, and countless other endeavors. You have been an inspiration to me personally and to our entire community. Thank you for your selfless commitment to making a difference – you are a cherished and valued servant! – Randy & Judy Tarpley | INSPIRATION | SERVICE

21: If I had more neighbors who served the hospital district as you do, it would be a better world. – Bill Rutherford